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VMware's SVGA Gallium3D Driver Lands OpenGL 4.3 Support In Mesa 22.0

Phoronix - Wed, 01/19/2022 - 13:00
VMware has been preparing support for OpenGL 4.3 to be exposed within their VMware virtualization software so that guest VMs can enjoy newer OpenGL support that is accelerated by the host...

Wine 7.0 Released With Improved Theming, New WoW64 & Much More

Phoronix - Wed, 01/19/2022 - 05:00
Wine 7.0 is now officially available for enjoying Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

Microsoft's Director of OS Security Gets Coreboot Playing Nicely With Windows 11

Phoronix - Wed, 01/19/2022 - 03:21
It turns out with enough maneuvering that Microsoft Windows 11 can run well with the open-source Coreboot even with keeping UEFI SecureBoot enabled and meeting Windows 11's TPM requirements and other security measures...

Firefox Gets AV1 VA-API Acceleration Sorted Out

Phoronix - Wed, 01/19/2022 - 02:56
Thanks to Red Hat developer Martin Stránský, he has managed to get the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) working for AV1 content within the Firefox web browser...

Microsoft To Acquire Activision Blizzard

Phoronix - Tue, 01/18/2022 - 22:00
Microsoft announced plans this morning to acquire Activision Blizzard in a nearly $69 billion (USD) deal...

LVFS Activity Going Wild Ahead Of New Security Disclosure Requiring Firmware Update

Phoronix - Tue, 01/18/2022 - 20:45
The Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) that integrates with Fwupd for delivering firmware updates primarily to Linux users is surging with around three times the normal traffic volume. Unfortunately, this boost in traffic appears to be due to vendor(s) releasing new system firmware updates ahead of disclosing a presumptive security issue...

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